Master Proposed Book FY2023

Cemetery Operations The Cemetery Division’s budget is organized into Cemetery Operations and Cemetery Perpetual Care. Cemetery Operations manages Oakland Cemetery and Perpetual Care manages maintenance items within the cemetery. Oakland Cemetery occupies 40+ acres adjacent to the western edge of Hickory Hill Park. There have been an estimated 15,872 interments in the cemetery based on the complete burial report contained in the Cemetery Information Management System (CIMS) program. General Fund Activities: • Cemetery Operations maintains all cemetery grounds, buildings, equipment, and snow route. They also provide assistance with family members/funeral homes regarding funeral arrangements; determine right of interment, interment placement, lot sales/repurchases, and they assist the general public/funeral homes/monument dealers with genealogy requests, lot locations and explanation, enforcement of cemetery rules and regulations. • Cemetery Perpetual Care accounts for donations that are dedicated for the long-term maintenance of the Oakland Cemetery.

Recent Accomplishments: • Repaired 15 monument foundations. • The addition of prairie grass in the expansion area of the cemetery. Upcoming Challenges: • Removal of declining Ash trees and the pruning of the oak trees after the first hard frost. • Increase monument foundation repair.

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